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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe
WE GOT RICKY!! And also some guy that was the #1 pick in the NBA draft, Artie Edmunds or something
WOOT!!
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Originally Posted by onedollaratatime
If Josh okogie didn’t play d, he’d be Anthony Edwards
Nope. I was unhappy with the Edwards pick at first. I thought he might be Wiggins 2.0. After reading a lot more about him, he definitely is not like Wiggins. He has way better "do ****" stats. He has a way better handle. He made a comment about coming here, something along the lines of we have KAT and Dlo doing most of the scoring here, so he is going to focus on defense. He has much better defensive instincts than Wiggins. This guy has a legit chance to be a star - likely a much better chance than anyone else in the draft, due to his elite athleticism. He might be a bust, but at least we have a few years on his rookie contract to figure that out.
Rosas is taking home run swings looking for superstars. He's not going to hit on all of them, but if he hits on one or two, this could be a great team.
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Originally Posted by PoseidonCubed
Ricky just makes players around him better. I love it.
I sure hope Edwards isn’t a bust. Tom Crean is a micro-managing maniac, and he literally didn’t have anyone worth passing to at Georgia, so I’m choosing to focus on the good and ignore the bad.
Ricky has improved his shot since he played here. He's still not a great shooter, but I think he was over 36% on 3s last season with a pretty significant sample size. He is going to help us much more than any player in the draft could have for the next year or two. It is going to be a lot of fun watching him play with a bunch of guys who can shoot. He will also help our defense a lot. I am really happy that he is back.
I'm with you on Edwards.
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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe
Who were we bidding against for Beasley?? I am upset
NYK were rumored to be about to make him an offer. We wanted to get him locked up before anyone raised his market price.
I think we did well actually. The deal is 3 years ~43.3 mil with a team option in the 4th year for ~16.7m. Year 1 is a little over $12m. When you look at similar players are getting, its a good deal imo.
The guy is a career ~39% from 3 at very high volume. I think he was over 41% last season with over 10 attempts per game. He plays hard and is a good teammate. I think the team thinks his legal situation wont turn into a big deal. I hope they're right.
This roster looks like we need one or two good PFs. Juancho is not very good, but he can shoot 3s well. It will be interesting to see what our lineups will look like if we dont add a quality PF. Start Layman at PF? Okogie ? Okogie can guard a lot of PFs. Juancho should not start imo.
It sounds like Millsap might be able to be had for cheap. He might not have much left in the tank, but if he does, and if he can stay healthy, that could be a nice addition if we can get him cheap enough. There are a couple others that might be interesting if we can get them cheap enough. Illysova (sp?) might be a nice addition if he's cheap.